Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-05-26
BILL nYE on MS TRAVELS.
Lark or Free PASSES Makes Trouble for
>irrptmg-Car aud Esti"g-ii""s-
People.

country. Eat iii- IohSf-, lliili-- ''i :
and hotels seem to sulfer most. \ few
days ago had the pleasure nj riding
from 1t. Paul to Chicago. and from
Chicago to New York. over one Of the
fluent railway lines in each instance,
and I could not shut my eyes TO the
fact that the nter-Statecommerce law
has nude "a difference. From tlcve-
land to Buffalo rode in Il >p,s'ial ear.
II was the special -leeping-car Aber-
deem. occupied by myself and suit. |
had Il conduct or, "A port er and "a brake
man to do my bidding. and the whole
ear was mine, mime alone. IL was
pleasant a: first. but finally 1t seemed
lonely. so called the porter and EN-
gagged him in conversation. lie sand IT
had been that way II good deal during
the month of April. One day lac said
that he and "A spotter sat aud glarcd
at each other all the way from Elk
hart. Ind. tn Syracuse. y. y. lie told
me that il was "a timcfor memory and
for tears. Sleeping-cars, he stated,
annual pass. II il for that reason
that sleeper after sleeper j. being side
tracked lie was a bright. intelligent
young man with n clear olive-oil com
plexion. and when left him | wruns
out his hand for him and gave linn
small piece OF money which hope he
will cxpend wisely.
I also conver>ed with the train boy,
sometimes coarsely and incorrectly
called ''the peanuiter." lie came in
my special ear to afford me- an oppor-
tunity to speculate in IA box Of choice
figs and an armiul nj paper-covere'l
pronoun-, including II" Thou"
"He." Me" ''She" and 1T lie
hcavc,l "a sigh when spoke OF the new
Law. and sitting down beside me, lac
looked sadly in my open ingenious
face, while he rested nine or ten dol
lars worth ofbooks on my knee. ''les, >"
he said. inserting "A soiled thumb in
the corner of his eye in search of n
cinder, ..it is an Erie of financial de-
preston. People that pay their fare
bring their dinner, ride in the day
coach. and sleep with their mouths
open. They buy nuthn'. In fact no
body travels now unless it is IL case of
life and death. Then they take II hard
boiled e.g and II blanket and borrow
the papers. And now | see some sur
dine from Snasg.ville says that under
the Interstate commerce law "a pea
nutter has no right to ride free any
more than anybody else, not being n
railroad employee. I'm tired of it. !
can sit and see my figs grow old on my
hands. just look ut the lines of care
on that box Of iigs, Two weeks ago
had to take all the prizes out oi my
candy packages, and sell 'em Tor what
could get. You noticed didn't 90
through the ears to-day putting II
fresh pecan meat in everybody's lap?
That's because can't afford it. The
injustice and clean-cut cusselness oi
this new law is invading every home
and desolating every liearthstone in
the land. .I.cmmcr sell you The Girl
Detective: or, Hunted to Halifax and
Back Again Without Feed or Water,
by the author of Only II Dark Blu,
Pin
Then the train conductor came
along, dreamily punched my ticket
and asked me il | wanted dinner AT
Buffalo. said did.
'Then there are two of you to din,
there today" lac said "for there il
another man in the next To the last
sleeper who will join you in the ,lilin.
hall Generally we have six table,
full on this train tor the eating hous,
at Buffalo. To-day there is two men
Oh the whole train who will dine there
and there is no profit in either of them
for the other man il even
MORE GAUNT THAN YOU ARE.
l.af Al n 4 Ia 4 a. ~
asked in n quiet, grammatical man
ncr which put him at once at his ease
'Oh, its the new announcement com
merse law. Go into the dining room
at Buffalo and you will see about
twenty walters, cooks and clerks, and
about two guests ut the table. count.
ing yourself, while no doubt an old
gentleman will take "a 'siand-up' at TIA,
lunch counter. CONSISTING of a cup o
coffee, for which he pays ten e, nts, and
adoughnut. which he brings from HON,
in his pocket and which has little flakes
OF tobacco on it. An catinshous,
man from the west rode through her,
Yesterday on an old and tottern.
scalper's ticket, and he said that with
n thirty days he had been compelled
10 mortgage his house t q his head cook
md the bar-keeper had II chattel mort
s.iec en- his billiard tables and bar fix
lures. lie claimed that the life OF IN
ting house man was anything but
happy anyhow. and now it was Il great
big wicked world.
..FOrrnerly," he said, people cam,
and ate. kicked about the price an,
went away. Now they stay ut home.
But what do you think is going I,
he the ultimate effect OF this law?'
asked in an ocutionary tone of voice
why. don't believe that in n eeal
from now there will bc enough oi i
left to wad gun. Ignorant peopl,
think that as the law is obnoxious t.
the railroads it ought to he II big thin
for the people, but that il not Away
the case. And look at the inconslst
ency OF the thing. Years ago congres
gave the biz grants to the railroads Il
build their lines into new and undevsl
oped territory west. Now the Yves
has got to move east and grow up witt
the country"
do not yet know exactly VIVA
course To pursue. but tier. will be
meeting for the purpose oftaking som
definite action in the matter here il
in New York this week. The meetin
will he largely attended by railwa.
clearinghouse men. the theatrical am
travelling men. the sleeping and dinin
ear people and myself.